Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-05

were soon recovered, and
land distigured, in the
Help was sent
80 anu city as soon as
as received. 1t was fearful
tsEa1 DAshtabula horror
Il ffel rain was eastward bound,
hexpecN( kmake siding at Republic
hwas profN Hmaking rate OF speed
t less than irty miles per hour,
ahus running in opposite directions
same track caused a telescope as
sglt and disastrous as has ever been
nd. The engines were run into
ksr as one stovepipe fits into its
all that could be seen was
h of brass, iron and steel. At
ur there were hundreds of
sag to the scene of the disaster
oIe XiOus to do what they could
sh unfortunate sufferers who
help, but it appears that Just
ysoo( he Baltimore and Ohio agents
s1uid 80 the wreck they carried out of
ne county the wounded, dying and dead.
lis believed that there were at least
<Aty-twO bodies burned beyond all
de recognition.
NSED BEYOND RECOGNITION
efbm tue report of a survivor it would
xppear that a number OF the unlortunates
Rere so thoroughly burned that their re-
Iains could not be gathered from the de-
sbris. Only three of the survivors remain
Dat Republic. These are Mrs. Mary Postle-
With waite and two young children. Her
husband. and two sons aged IL and Is,
were killed. They were emigrating from
H Bolton, WetZel county, w. Va, to Chilli
~ cothe, Mo. In some way that even the
~ mother was unable to relate, she got out
XII of the car in which she had been travelling
ksT and wandering away from the burning
N train, carrying her two youngest children
q in her arms, entered the first house in
which she found a light. She was almost
crazed and with difficulty her name was
ascertained.
PosTLETHwATTE's LITTLE NEST EGG.
The agents of the Baltimore Ohio en-
deavored to take care of Mrs. Postle-
q thwaite and her children by taking them
- to Chicago junction, where the company
NJ has hotel. On advice, however, OF her
;kA friends, who were telegraphed, she COR
Tt6s1s sented to remain IN Republic until she
49, Fshould hear from her son, VINO remained
M&l,bW est Virginia. Mr.. POstlethwaite had
31XfrS his person money, checks and notes to
5f#the amount of 81, 500 or $1,000, being his
EAcaptal with which to start life in his new
~ Yhome.
~ There was no way by which relief
#k could be brought to the wrecked train
I'M until too late. The ground was covered
with snow. The collision occurred Que
H mile from town and halta mile from any
/ dwelling, and at2 O'Clock i'm ths morning.
iAf 1t is related OF a Mr.. Bradley, promi-
ID. g.. that while thH flames were burst
y, .inA from the car windows, which had
81 been broken in by the collision, he put
n out his hand and threw mis- wRtcArand
III pOcketbook to those whom he oOuM see
NI outside. He was pinned fast and was
being roasted alive, but those who
:. saw him were unaDl8 TO render
relief Thy could hear the frenzIed
man as he madly endeayored to burst the
N barriers that held him. The engineer of
10
IA sprang to the left. The fireman endeav-
|E ored TO get out to the right, but being
I'M overcome with fright fell close to his
crushed engine and was badly burned,
III but not beyond recognition. There has
IA been steady stream of citizeqs from all
'f parts of the country to the wreck to-day.
.A9 TOLD TO CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. A special
from rItfin gives a graphic account OF the
d collision. At l O'Clock an east-bound
freight train in charge of Conductor
i Fletcher pulled out Of this city, having
~ received orders to sidetrscK at Scipio
siding to allow the east-bound express
u pass. After the passenger train had
gone, The conductor being without spe-
n ciaI orders. exercised his own judgment
"a and determined that inasmuch as he had
R half an hour to make the switch at Re-
public, little less than tive miles distant,
before the arrival Of the fast express from
the east. due at that point at O'Clock, he
Dulieu OuJ. 'uS hi@ub hdb bllbel Nblu
- and much difficulty was experienced Ia
~ keeping up steam in the engine. Finally
at "a point half mile west Of Republic
the train came to Standstill, being
E unable to move further just here was
"a the horrible mistake which resulted in
E the loss OF so many lives and the destruc-
ton Of thousands Of dollars worth of
property.
THE CONDUCTORS CRIMINALITY.
Although the conductor must have
known that he was encroaching danger
ously near the time Of the express, be
did not send out a signal until after his
4 train had come TO standstill, and he
= found 10 impossible to move further. He
II then started forward with lantern him.
self. At this point there is a sharp curve
and Conductor Fletcher had not proceed
= ed more than the length Of twenty cars
when he saw the headlight OF the ap-
: lproaching express rounding the curve
mot more than forty rods distant, and run
ming at the lightning speed OF sixty.three
nInuilas- per hour. Horror-strcken with
Yledge that a frlghtful ac-
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